High Court rejects private ownership claim over 3.12 acres of land near Yelahanka

The High Court rejected a private individual's claim of ownership over 3.12 acres of land in Sonnappanahalli, near Yelahanka. The court cancelled a single-judge tribunal order that had accepted the writ appeal filed by the Defence Ministry. The court noted that the central government had acquired the disputed land for the defence purposes of Yelahanka Airfield in 1943.